DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Feb. 9, 2022) – The Mercy College women's basketball team plays at Queens College on Thursday, February 10th at 5:30 p.m.

Who, When and Where

Date/Time: Thursday, February 10th 5:30 p.m.

Records: Mercy (10-10, 8-4 ECC), Queens (2-16, 1-10 ECC)

Location: Flushing, N.Y.

Last Meeting

Mercy earned a 99-60 win over Queens on January 19, 2022.

Scouting the Mavericks

Mercy is coming off a 71-64 loss to St. Thomas Aquinas last Wednesday. The Mavericks were led by junior Kellie Nudd who had a team-high 18 points. Senior Taysha Bender added 16 points and junior Katie Wall recorded 12 points and a game-high eight assists. Mercy currently has their most wins in a season since the 2008-09 season. With a win over Queens, Mercy would have their most ECC wins in a season since the 1996-97 season when they had 11 ECC wins. With a win on Thursday, Mercy would have their most wins in a season since the 1996-97 season when they had 13 wins. The Mavericks are also looking to sweep the season series with Queens for the first time since the 2011-12 season. Mercy was picked seventh in the ECC Coaches' Poll after going 1-8 in 2021. The top six teams in the ECC standings qualify for the ECC Tournament. Mercy made their first ECC Tournament appearance since 2009 last season. Wall is a two-time ECC Player of the Week, one-time MBWA Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention and two-time Honor Roll recipient and ranks third in the ECC in points per game (16.8), second in assists (4.6) and is first in steals per game (2.8). Wall has scored 20 or more points in four of her last eight games. Bender was named to the ECC Honor Roll on January 24th and ranks sixth in the conference in points per game (15.2) with 2.2 made threes per game. Bender had a career-high 26 points in the win over UDC on January 15th. The senior has scored in double figures in six of her last seven games. Junior Kellie Nudd was named to the ECC Honor Roll and Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division II-III Player of the Week Honorable Mention on December 20th and is averaging 10.8 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game. The junior has scored in double figures in 10 games this year. Junior Asha Talib was named ECC Defensive Player of the Week on November 22nd and is posting 6.2 points per game with a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game. Sophomore Maria Tedesco is averaging 6.1 points per game and a team-high-tying 6.2 rebounds per game and has scored in double figures in three games this year.

Scouting the Knights

Queens is coming off a 58-44 loss to UDC on Saturday for their third straight loss. The Knights were picked fifth in the ECC Preseason Poll after going 7-19 in 2019-20. Queens has dropped eight of their 16 losses by 10 points or less. The Knights are led by Khadija Demry who is averaging a team-high 11.6 points per game. Two-time ECC Rookie of the Week Chelsea Reeves is averaging 10.7 points per game with 7.2 rebounds per game. Two-time ECC Player of the Week and one-time Defensive Player of the Week Jennah DeGout leads the Knights with 9.8 rebounds per game and is third on the team with 10.2 points per game. DeGout ranks second in the ECC in rebounds per game. Reeves leads the team with 3.2 assists per game.

Next Game

Mercy resumes action on Saturday, February 12th when they host Molloy at 12 p.m.